You, Bugez, and Juji are the trifecta of all things I love about weight lifting and the community around it. I channel your energy when I do ridiculous and obscure lifts that draw attention and in turn make friends.
The mindset is no joke. I member in the metal n iron days when he was just some dude sitting in his car talking about how he felt time working against him, how every day is now or never. Now he's on Smackdown. It's really opened my eyes to what is possible for us poorboys when you live life with total non-stop passion and intensity.
It's really nice to hear that eric is a genuinely nice guy off camera. He definitely portrays a "personality" and it's easy to wonder if they're the same person off-camera. I loved him before and now it seems to be more so.
Eric Bugenhagen embodies "Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good". Using a $200 lat pull down machine to work out every muscle in your body may not be optimal, but it will get you a lot further than waiting on the "right" equipment.
I love that Eric ate the sourdough pretzels and peanut butter. Not sure you saw the video, but that's what he picked out on a shopping trip with Juji about food on a budget. Just legendary. He lives the myth.
I lost my closest friend Monday, watching this video I find value in the "mindset" and its application both in and out of the gym. This friend, a brother to me, taught me what it meant to treat the body as a precious tool. Seeing his form and dedication in the gym inspired me to grasp the weights both literally and metaphorically. His fitness was matched only by his intellect, a great writer, artist, and conversationalist. From where I stood, the man's mind was as finely tuned as his muscles. Mental illness took him, I regret saying, but even now I find inspiration in the lessons he taught me about mental fortitude and the power of the mind. He is gone now, but that impression he made on me will never leave. Watching you and Eric and Juji this week will really help me through this, and so thank you for being a friend, even if we haven't met.
It would be great if you, juji, boogz, and Dave tate did a collab at elite fts especially since Eric is another person who doesn't always use equipment for its intended purpose and I will be making a visit to your gym sometime this week
Eric's best quality aside from the mindset is he is extremely open to being creative with respect to finding things that can work or take you to the next level. Not only that, but this creativeness can also help keep the right mindset because it prevents you from getting bored.
Eric is amazing. Sign up for his Patreon and you get to see how human he is, answering questions from everyone in his community with solid advice, tidbits. He really cares.
Speaking on heavy singles, if you've ever run a strict powerlifting program they'll have you doing 1 rep maxes 2-3 times a week. It's very intense and taxing mentally and neurologically, but I felt it was totally worth it for the strength, not necessarily gains, but the mental aspect of lifting at your max becomes something you get a lot more comfortable with.
One of the things I love about Juji and Erik is the fact that they train because IT'S FUN. Obviously they set goals for themselves and try as hard as they can to reach them, but all the "silly" stuff that they do reminds me that training is fun and should always be fun. I think that it's something that it's so easily forgotten, because we fitness enthusiasts are always chasing goals, trying to be better than the next person.
The three of you gents together doing anything is a solid time. Awesome that you got to get to know him enough to impact you positively. Progress is progress
The Bugez’s heart comes right through the screen brother. So does yours. Congratulations on 100k! Best wishes for your continuing recovery and rebuild stronger. 💪
Mixing things up the way Eric does actually makes from an evolutionary standpoint. We are still designed for a life of hunting and gathering we were never designed to have unlimited access to unlimited resources. It’s just kinda fun to think about personally.
That stuff you said about mindset and how it can branch out into other things beyond training as well was powerful, thanks for all those juicy tid bits.
The “freedom” aspect is something I need to work on I’m also a very regimented person where eating and workouts are pretty structured I have a plan for each workout, and each one has a different focus and different core exercises that I plan to hit, along with a couple correctives and a couple isolations. There are days where I sometimes decide to branch out. I’ll scratch a few of the normal items off the list and I will incorporate a few random ones for variety But I often struggle with feeling like the workout isn’t complete or wasn’t good. Like if I said to myself.... you know what. I’m going to skip traditional deadlifting today. Instead I’m going to load up the weight and do heavy rack pulls. When it’s done I often feel like... I just sacrificed a workout and it wasn’t as good as it could be if I actually did deadlifts Or I will do the occasional week of one rep max workouts where I’m testing maximums on the core lifts. When the week is over it’s like.... damn I didn’t get nearly enough “volume” this week. I need to get better at enjoying what I’m doing, regardless of what I’m doing, and I need to stop treating myself like it wasn’t a good week unless I followed my plan to the letter and got all the volume that I was supposed to
Dude I’ve ALWAYS wanted to know what Eric would order at a restaurant… lol. I’ve kept up with his eating habits for a while now and like you said I 100% believe he sticks to “ his” diet or should I say “ way of eating” no matter what.
How is your bicep btw? what's the recovery time for an injury like that? I remember one time my calf "gastrocqnemius" popped, it was so loud, and I was out of commission for four weeks
Someone asked me how I know I am getting stronger if I don't keep a log of my lifting progress.....I just told him I lift something for a while until it gets lighter and then I add more weight, and know that I am stronger because heavy things are not heavy anymore....I feel that I share a similar mentality to the bugz
Eric F*#*in Bugenhagen, with a mindset at the interaction of insanity & childish wonder. Glad you two met and had such a great time, the videos were a blast.
That was fun content to watch! That’s what I subscribed to you from. Always loved when Juji had Rick the Stick Delhagen over and you fit right in! His diet really is wild, I don’t understand it at all and I really thought he was cappin this whole time. 😂
I love Eric's silly, down to earth vibes. feel like he's a little bit of an acquired taste and a lot of fitness guys have egos that would conflict with his style because he likes a lot of the spotlight. Glad to hear that he's everything he seems to be behind the scenes. Hope your recovery is going well!
Eric can teach us a lot. Just lift some heavy shit and find your own personal way. And your mind is just as important as your body when lifting. A lot of times it's the limiting factor. I've had people help me hold weights in my hand that I didn't think I could lift, just to see what it felt like. Then I went and did a set of 3. Once my mind knew, I could do.
Agree about your mind being a big part of training. Recently did one of brian alsruhes program where the final set was an as many reps as possible at a certain percentage. It makes you know that you can get more reps than you thought thus stronger than you think you are.
Mind set is important in every aspect of life. But I do have a question. I have some serious neck injury and any direct neck exercise I do makes me sick and vomit. Any suggestions of some direct neck exercises I might try that might allow me to avoid that? Equipment even?
When you get healed up you guys could form a sick wrestling crew......think NWO wolfpack type of thing.....Buegz, Szat , Juji as the three main pillars
You, Bugez, and Juji are the trifecta of all things I love about weight lifting and the community around it. I channel your energy when I do ridiculous and obscure lifts that draw attention and in turn make friends.
Anton
Martins is cool
Just sayin
There are a bunch of cool people. I just like the chemistry and energy of Joey, Bugez, and Juji. 🤷♂️
Alan Thrall, Natural Hypertrophy, & Scooby1961
type beat
Biggie Boogs blew the doors down on Smackdown. I'm so pumped he's moving up.
PUSH BOOGS TO THE MOON!
The mindset is no joke. I member in the metal n iron days when he was just some dude sitting in his car talking about how he felt time working against him, how every day is now or never. Now he's on Smackdown. It's really opened my eyes to what is possible for us poorboys when you live life with total non-stop passion and intensity.
It's really nice to hear that eric is a genuinely nice guy off camera. He definitely portrays a "personality" and it's easy to wonder if they're the same person off-camera. I loved him before and now it seems to be more so.
yeah i love his bro talks in his older vids he's so chill
Glad to hear Eric is a true bro on and off camera.
Eric Bugenhagen embodies "Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good". Using a $200 lat pull down machine to work out every muscle in your body may not be optimal, but it will get you a lot further than waiting on the "right" equipment.
Working and progressing with intention is a much better approach than "optimizing" with excuses
1. The Mindset
2. The Mindset
3. THE MINDSET
".......and maybe a little bit of honey."
Classic Sticky Ricky #mindset
I love that Eric ate the sourdough pretzels and peanut butter. Not sure you saw the video, but that's what he picked out on a shopping trip with Juji about food on a budget. Just legendary. He lives the myth.
NEARLY 100k
I lost my closest friend Monday, watching this video I find value in the "mindset" and its application both in and out of the gym. This friend, a brother to me, taught me what it meant to treat the body as a precious tool. Seeing his form and dedication in the gym inspired me to grasp the weights both literally and metaphorically. His fitness was matched only by his intellect, a great writer, artist, and conversationalist. From where I stood, the man's mind was as finely tuned as his muscles. Mental illness took him, I regret saying, but even now I find inspiration in the lessons he taught me about mental fortitude and the power of the mind. He is gone now, but that impression he made on me will never leave.
Watching you and Eric and Juji this week will really help me through this, and so thank you for being a friend, even if we haven't met.
It would be great if you, juji, boogz, and Dave tate did a collab at elite fts especially since Eric is another person who doesn't always use equipment for its intended purpose and I will be making a visit to your gym sometime this week
Eric's best quality aside from the mindset is he is extremely open to being creative with respect to finding things that can work or take you to the next level. Not only that, but this creativeness can also help keep the right mindset because it prevents you from getting bored.
Eric is amazing. Sign up for his Patreon and you get to see how human he is, answering questions from everyone in his community with solid advice, tidbits. He really cares.
5:36 "it'll be what it'll be" I love that.
Your content has been so good lately! This 100k is long over due!
Rick is a great guy. Birds of a feather flock together king. Hope all is well with recovery
"It'll be what it'll be". Iconic ass quote
Speaking on heavy singles, if you've ever run a strict powerlifting program they'll have you doing 1 rep maxes 2-3 times a week. It's very intense and taxing mentally and neurologically, but I felt it was totally worth it for the strength, not necessarily gains, but the mental aspect of lifting at your max becomes something you get a lot more comfortable with.
One of the things I love about Juji and Erik is the fact that they train because IT'S FUN.
Obviously they set goals for themselves and try as hard as they can to reach them, but all the "silly" stuff that they do reminds me that training is fun and should always be fun.
I think that it's something that it's so easily forgotten, because we fitness enthusiasts are always chasing goals, trying to be better than the next person.
The three of you gents together doing anything is a solid time. Awesome that you got to get to know him enough to impact you positively. Progress is progress
Eric is a beast, as far as I’m concerned you guys are on the same level. Both specimens that are strong as fuck!
The Bugez’s heart comes right through the screen brother. So does yours. Congratulations on 100k! Best wishes for your continuing recovery and rebuild stronger. 💪
Mixing things up the way Eric does actually makes from an evolutionary standpoint. We are still designed for a life of hunting and gathering we were never designed to have unlimited access to unlimited resources. It’s just kinda fun to think about personally.
Just lmao
That stuff you said about mindset and how it can branch out into other things beyond training as well was powerful, thanks for all those juicy tid bits.
As someone who has followed both of you for many years, Sunday was one of the most wholesome. It couldn't have happened to a better guy
love you Joey hope you have a blessed day
R u excited for ur WWE debut/becoming tag champs with the boooogz? Unstoppable. Juji can be ur manager/hype man.
Bugez is the only man to have truly ascended beyond the art of ego lifting. Dude is on a higher plane of existence when he's hitting PRs for reps.
Coach Joe did a great job of diluting and translating the mindset for humans.
Wholesomeness and education in a single appreciation video.
Content like this really uplifts the fitness community.
The “freedom” aspect is something I need to work on
I’m also a very regimented person where eating and workouts are pretty structured
I have a plan for each workout, and each one has a different focus and different core exercises that I plan to hit, along with a couple correctives and a couple isolations.
There are days where I sometimes decide to branch out. I’ll scratch a few of the normal items off the list and I will incorporate a few random ones for variety
But I often struggle with feeling like the workout isn’t complete or wasn’t good. Like if I said to myself.... you know what. I’m going to skip traditional deadlifting today. Instead I’m going to load up the weight and do heavy rack pulls. When it’s done I often feel like... I just sacrificed a workout and it wasn’t as good as it could be if I actually did deadlifts
Or I will do the occasional week of one rep max workouts where I’m testing maximums on the core lifts.
When the week is over it’s like.... damn I didn’t get nearly enough “volume” this week. I need to get better at enjoying what I’m doing, regardless of what I’m doing, and I need to stop treating myself like it wasn’t a good week unless I followed my plan to the letter and got all the volume that I was supposed to
Dude I’ve ALWAYS wanted to know what Eric would order at a restaurant… lol. I’ve kept up with his eating habits for a while now and like you said I 100% believe he sticks to “ his” diet or should I say “ way of eating” no matter what.
How is your bicep btw? what's the recovery time for an injury like that? I remember one time my calf "gastrocqnemius" popped, it was so loud, and I was out of commission for four weeks
Honey, Garlic and 2 Pots of Coffee! = Mindsettt
next time you go see Dave you gotta take sticky ricky. Now THAT would be the loudest workout ever
Another massively critical point is that he is isn't on roids therefore sets a hugely positive example
Mind > Matter
Eric just commands his skeletal musculature to grow whether or not he has much protein in his diet
Strong intentions create reality.
Erica Bugenhagen I caught the typo 😂😂😂
FML
@@SzatStrength it’s Copenhagen...chew you up spit you out
@@SzatStrength you know my speed is unreal Joey. 😂
With great mindset comes great responsibility...and lots of pretzels.
Content has been on point lately Coach Joe!! Congrats on 100k
please do a reunion zercher squat marathon
5:59 makes me happy lol😂🤟🏼
glad you guys can finally be intense in the same gym. heal up well brother.
Someone asked me how I know I am getting stronger if I don't keep a log of my lifting progress.....I just told him I lift something for a while until it gets lighter and then I add more weight, and know that I am stronger because heavy things are not heavy anymore....I feel that I share a similar mentality to the bugz
2:32 buges going in for the kiss during his set! Not only does he make isolation lifts into compound lifts. He makes working out into making out!
Eric F*#*in Bugenhagen, with a mindset at the interaction of insanity & childish wonder. Glad you two met and had such a great time, the videos were a blast.
woahhhhhh 100k congrats man you diverse it so much!!!
Congratulations on the 100k subs Joey 👊
That was fun content to watch! That’s what I subscribed to you from. Always loved when Juji had Rick the Stick Delhagen over and you fit right in!
His diet really is wild, I don’t understand it at all and I really thought he was cappin this whole time. 😂
He’s my favorite wrassler & I don’t even watch WWE.
Cheers joey, eric is a great dude and all the content you guys put together was a treat.
I love Eric's silly, down to earth vibes. feel like he's a little bit of an acquired taste and a lot of fitness guys have egos that would conflict with his style because he likes a lot of the spotlight. Glad to hear that he's everything he seems to be behind the scenes. Hope your recovery is going well!
woohooo 100k subs!! CONGRATS JOE!!! :D
No way he actually ate only the sourdough pretzels and peanut butter 😂 that’s so unbelievably hilarious, what an absolute champion
When you visit Eric, please ask why its called the RATS NEST!
You're inspirational and awesome dude, thanks for sharing your experiences
It’s a frickin mindset mmkuh
This is what happens when you don't wear a pink headband to help CONTAIN THE MINDSET
1. Mindset
2. Mindset
3. Mindset
CONGRATS ON 100k been checking every day for the past 3 months 😊
The greatest wisdom was when he informed you of your 'popcorn muscle'
How to cure injury: two gallons of milk a day
My name is also Eric. I am also kew and an absolute specimen. Beefcake!! BEEFCAAAKE!!!
From my own experience too protein seems over rated
Eric can teach us a lot. Just lift some heavy shit and find your own personal way. And your mind is just as important as your body when lifting. A lot of times it's the limiting factor. I've had people help me hold weights in my hand that I didn't think I could lift, just to see what it felt like. Then I went and did a set of 3. Once my mind knew, I could do.
AND JUST LIKE THAT. 100K SUBS.
Agree about your mind being a big part of training.
Recently did one of brian alsruhes program where the final set was an as many reps as possible at a certain percentage. It makes you know that you can get more reps than you thought thus stronger than you think you are.
Yes people dont try hard enough, that makes a big differrence! Good point, its my experience aswell
Great joe!!its obvious you and you old/or gym gangster it real frendship!!!l like!!keep rocking dude!!
“carbs are protein sparing” - Rick “the stick” Boogs
Did he taught you how to properly air guitar?
du hast
"He's in my circle now..."
Mindset is dangerous but necessary 🔥🤙🏻🤙🏻we need a collaboration from Eric in your gym.💪🏼💯
Mind set is important in every aspect of life. But I do have a question. I have some serious neck injury and any direct neck exercise I do makes me sick and vomit. Any suggestions of some direct neck exercises I might try that might allow me to avoid that? Equipment even?
This is the kind of stuff that is making this community thrive. thanks for uploading this
Very cool insight. Eric is a unique and special athlete!
Nice to hear he ate the grocery store haul hahaha
Eric has sourdough pretzels.. I have uncrustables
As someone who grew up wrestling in the Midwest I really understand where Eric is coming from
If you ever end up in Orlando, I'd love to show you guys how to throw axes.
He actually ate peanut butter and pretzels the whole time, this is incredible 😂😂😂
Erica
Joey, did you have surgery or are you just healing that bicep naturally?
The Lion and the Panther I always knew you'd and bugez would be brothers one day
I litteraly just added the 666th like.
GET SOME
And congrats on the 100k Joey!!!
100k any second now!
I hope sticky rick is natty.all his boys are Capri Suns
shiet. saw the thumbnail and title and thought the bugz died
Mindset comment for the algo
Eric is the personification of laid back intensity. Absolutely love it
High carbs = protein sparing effect
Bugez is great. Cool to see you guys working out.
“It’ll be what it’ll be.” That’s gold.
Nice
i want to see more videos with that strong dwarf dude
found boogs a couple months ago, legend
100k subs joey👏🏼👏🏼congratulations
P.S the bugez is f**king awesome
When you get healed up you guys could form a sick wrestling crew......think NWO wolfpack type of thing.....Buegz, Szat , Juji as the three main pillars
Joey. Get Rick on the podcast